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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Injustice and Inequality
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Period: Jan 1, 1528 to
European Explorers Bring Slaves To The Americas
When explorers started colonizing in the Americas slavery had become a part of the everyday life of a European colonizer. This lasted from about three-hundred years. -
Brithish Slaves Freed
When the British passeed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act it did not stop the slave trade. There were people who formed the Anti-Slavey Society and they wanted to make slavery illegal, This was the Abolition of Slavery Act and was passed in 1833 -
The Amistad
The Amistad, also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, (1841), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad in 1839. It was an unusual "freedom suit" which involved international issues and parties, as well as United States law. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the group of laws referred to as the "Compromise of 1850." -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. In 1849 California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state, potentially upsetting the balance between the free and slave states in the U.S. -
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The United States of America Civil War
e American Civil War, also known as the War between the States or simply the Civil War, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States and several Southern slave states that had declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America. -
Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in U.S.
The Emancipation Proclamation says "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Slavery Ends In The United States of America
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13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
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Jim crow Laws
From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws. From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas, many states could impose legal punishments on people for consorting with members of another race. -
French Slavery Ends
The french keep having slaves long after everyone in Europe made slavery illegal. The French had it for 14 years after the American Civil War was over -
Brown vs. Board of education—U.S. supreme court case
Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
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Freedom RIders Movement
In 1961, the Freedom Riders set out for the Deep South to defy Jim Crow laws and call for change. They were met by hatred and violence — and local police often refused to intervene. But the Riders' efforts transformed the civil rights movement. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was visiting his family in Mississippi. He went to a super market which was owned by a white couple, Till is said to whistle at the man who owned the store. Then on 28th August he was kidnapped, beaten and shot. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. -
Last Country in the World to Ban Slavery
That country was Mauritania, a medium-sized nation located in western Africa. This does not mean that slavery does not still exist in modern times unfortunately, but for the past 30 years it has been considered a criminal offense in every country worldwide. -
Cotton gin is invented in U.S
Think about the cotton gin and its invention as a beginning point for thinking about the industrial revolution. Eli Whitney was the inventor
